Hugegroove

Hello all!

I recently acquired a totaled (badly rear ended) low mileage (4k) V6 2012 Stang for $900.00 and have removed everything under the hood. My plan is to swap out the power plant, transmission, etc. and have it ready to roll by spring of 14. I'm currently beefing up the engine with headers, new BBK throttle, air cleaner, etc. My question is, can I use my current 05 computer, or do I need to install the 2012 computer to make everything work properly?

As always, Thanks for you expert advice

Huge

xx10Gt

your 2005 v6 has a 4L engine and the 2012v6 has a 3.7L...dont see how it would work

wcgman

So to be clear...you've pulled the mechanicals from the totaled car and are installing in your current 05 v6. The ECU's are not compatible so you'll need to move that over too. Im wondering if it's going to need to be reflashed because if the 12 was totaled, did the air bags deploy and cause any weirdness? I know that Lakewood Ford can reflash them too but don't know if they need to be in the car. Im assuming any Ford dealer can reflash. If not, there is a dyno shop in Parker CO and I think that they can program them too if you run into trouble.

2005Redfire6

Thats going to be a lot harder than it may seem. I inquired about a 5.0 swap awhile ago from the performance shop I use and he said it would be a pain to swap a 5.0 into our cars because of the different ECU. Just to mention some things he said the power windows, locks, gauge cluster, etc would not work.

Hugegroove

I have pulled everything from under the hood and plan on starting the install by early November.
The dash & seat airbags did not deploy. There won't be much left to pull when I'm done

As for the ECU, I was only asking about the compatibility because of the time it would save me from not having to deal with it. If I have to use the 2012 ECU, then so be it.

wcgman

Im pretty sure you're going to have to use the new ECU, but that's based on the tiny bit of knowledge I have about them. I know that from a 2006 to 2010 GT that the hardware spec of them changed significantly even though the case looked the same. If you're around the Aurora area, I'd love to swing by sometime and peep your project.

Hugegroove

I live in Golden. When I changed out my dash cluster from a "My color 07 GT" stang, I had no problem with the CPU recognizing it, or the in dash cluster info buttons. All I had to do was pay (80.00) to have the dash cluster mileage read what the old cluster had on it. I plan on trying to get a hold of the dyno shop out in Parker that was previously mentioned in this thread to get their take as to what else I might be in store for. Either way, it's going to get done. I'm excited that I'll hopefully have a V6 that will be pumping out another 80 or so ponys over the current V6 after all of my upgrades are done. When I'm close, I'll send you a private message so you can see for yourself.

wcgman

Right on. I work right near NREL so Golden is just down the road too...

Hugegroove

According to my performance shop and also a dyno tuner, A company called SCT Performance makes all of the software that reprograms the ECU to make everything work correctly. I then spoke with a rep from SCT Performance who mentioned that all of the sensors would need to be swapped out as well. Then everything (power windows, locks, dash cluster, etc) would work just fine.